Privacy Policy

Persons accessing the Housing SA web site, subject themselves to and agree to Housing SA terms conditions and privacy policy, as set out below.

WEBSITE DISCLAIMER

The information and content made available on this Web Site is provided by Housing SA, detailing information about our company and its services. We make no representations or warranties, implied or otherwise, that, amongst others, the content available on this Web Site is free from errors or omissions or that the service will be 100% uninterrupted and error free.

We have taken, and will continue to take, due care and diligence that all information provided on this Web Site is, to the best of our knowledge and understanding, true and correct. However, Housing SA shall not be liable for any damage, loss or liability of whatsoever nature arising from the use or inability to use this Web Site, any information or content provided from and through this Web Site.

There is no warranty of any kind, express or implied, regarding the information supplied on this Web Site or in respect of any aspect of our services. Any warranty implied by law is hereby excluded, except to the extent to which such exclusion would be unlawful.

Information, ideas and opinions expressed on this site should not be regarded as professional advice. Users are encouraged to consult Housing SA before taking any course of action related to information or opinions expressed on this site.

This Web Site is supplied on an "as is" basis and has not been compiled or supplied to meet the user's individual requirements. It is the sole responsibility of the user, prior to entering into any agreement with Housing SA, to satisfy himself or herself that the service available through this Web Site will meet the user's individual requirements.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

All content, trademarks and data on this Web Site, including but not limited to text, designs, graphics, and icons are the property of Housing SA. As such they are protected from infringement by domestic and international legislation and treaties. Subject to the rights afforded to the user herein, all other rights to all intellectual property on this site are expressly reserved and no license to Housing SA intellectual property has been granted on this Web Site.

INFORMATION NOT UPDATED OR TO BE RELIED ON

While Housing SA uses all reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information on the Web Site, Housing SA makes no warranties or representations with respect to the content of the Web Site Housing SA assumes no responsibility for updating the Web Site or its content or notifying users of information that is inaccurate, incomplete, or out-of-date.

NO LIABILITY

Housing SA assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing this Web Site or your downloading of any materials, data, text, or images from the Web Site.

Housing SA will not be held responsible or liable for any interruption or discontinuance of any or all functionality of this Web Site, whether the result of actions or omission of Housing SA or a third party.

Housing SA accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever arising from or in any way connected with the use of this Web Site or its content. Housing SA will not be liable for the accuracy, completeness, adequacy, timeliness or comprehensiveness of the information contained on the Web Site.

CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS

Housing SA expressly reserves the right to alter and/or amend any information set out in this Web Site without notice. Furthermore, Housing SA may at any time revise or update these terms and conditions. The user is bound by such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page.

AGREEMENTS IN TERMS OF SECTION 21 OF THE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSACTION ACT

No information or data on this Web Site constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Housing SA, but merely an invitation to do business. No agreements shall be concluded merely by sending a data message to this Web Site or its owners. Valid agreements require an acknowledgement and offer, or receipt from this Web Site.

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

By using this Web Site or communicating with Housing SA by electronic means, the user consents and acknowledges that any and all agreements, notices, disclosures, or any other communication satisfies any legal requirement, including but not limited to the requirement that such communications should be in writing.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

Housing SA provides links to third party sites to the user only as a convenience. Such third party information is independent from that provided by Housing SA. Housing SA accepts no responsibility for the content or accuracy or the use of such other web sites and does not endorse, and shall not be deemed to have endorsed or accepted, their contents. Linked web sites or pages are not subject to Housing SA control. Housing SA shall not be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, in any way for the contents of such web sites, the use of such web sites, or inability to use or access any linked web sites or any links contained in a linked Web Site.

SECURITY OF INFORMATION

It is expressly prohibited for any person, business or entity to gain or attempt to gain unauthorised access to any page on this Web Site, or to deliver or attempt to deliver any unauthorised, damaging or malicious code to this Web Site Any person who delivers or attempts to deliver any unauthorised, damaging or malicious code to this Web Site or attempts to gain unauthorised access to any page on this Web Site shall be held criminally liable. In the event that Housing SA should suffer any damage or loss, civil damages will be claimed.

SEVERABILITY

These terms and conditions of use constitute the entire agreement between Housing SA and the user of this Web Site Any failure by Housing SA to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these terms and conditions of use shall in no way constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

In the event that any term or condition of the use of this Web Site is not fully enforceable or valid for any reason, such term(s) or condition(s) shall be severable from the remaining terms and conditions. The remaining terms and conditions shall not be affected by such enforceability or invalidity and shall remain enforceable and applicable.

APPLICABLE AND GOVERNING LAW

This Web Site is hosted, controlled and operated from the Republic of South Africa , and thus South African law governs the use or inability to use this Web Site and these terms and conditions.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Any questions, queries, or requests to use any part of this Web Site can be directed to:

PRIVACY POLICY

Housing SA respects your privacy and is committed to keeping your information confidential. Generally, you can visit our Web Site without having to divulge any personal information about yourself. However, while using this Web Site you may provide information about yourself or it may be collected by us.

Any and all information collected at this site will be kept strictly confidential. It will not be sold, loaned, reused or otherwise disclosed to any organisation. This applies to e-mail addresses and all other personal information.

We will only disclose or report personal information if and when required to do so by law or any regulatory authority and to our employees who require such information to carry out their duties.

Personal information is used as is appropriate in the normal course of business to provide the products and services you have requested. We may retain any information for purposes of ongoing business relationships or to communicate directly with you.

Upon request we will furnish you with details of the personal information we hold about you. You may submit your request via our contact us page. Should you believe that any information we hold about you is incorrect, please inform us at the above page and we will correct it.

Please note that, while all attempts are made to secure information transmitted to this Web Site, if you are submitting personal details or other information over the Internet which you wish to remain private, there is a possibility that information you submit could be observed by a third party while in transit.

E-MAIL ADDRESS

We will only record your e-mail address if you send us a message. It will only be used for the purpose for which you provide it and will not be added to a mailing list unless you request that this be done. We will not disclose it without your consent.

E-MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS

We maintain a list of e-mail addresses to which Housing SA Newsletter, our regular newsletter, is sent. Individuals must affirmatively request to join this list by using the subscribe form on the subscriptions page. Any members of this list may choose to unsubscribe at any time by using the same form. Our list server has been configured in such a way that the e-mail addresses can only be accessed by authorised Housing SA staff.

COOKIES

This Web Site makes use of cookies - a very small text file placed on your hard drive by a web server. Basically, it is your unique identification card that can only be read by the server that gave it to you.

Our server generates one cookie which is used to keep track of the pages you have accessed while using our server. The cookie allows you to page back and forwards through the Web Site and return to pages you have already visited. The cookie exists only for the time you are accessing our server.

Cookies are not used for any other purpose at this Web Site We do not use cookies to collect personal information.

You may prevent the use of cookies by configuring your web browser accordingly. This may, however, hinder the web site's functionality.

INFORMATION LOGGED

When you visit this Web Site, our server logs the following information provided by your browser:

the type of browser and operating system your computer uses.

your domain name extension (for example .com, .co.za).

the referring site's address (the site where you clicked the link that led you to us).

your server's IP address (a number which is unique to the computer connecting you to the Internet, which is usually one of your service provider's computers).

the date and time of your visit.

the address of the pages visited.

the documents downloaded.

This information is used only for statistical analysis or system administration purposes. It is not associated or correlated with any other information we collect about you.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

This Web Site contains links to other sites. Housing SA is not responsible for the privacy practices of these web sites.

GOOGLE DISCLAIMER

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other website's in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies.